Thunderfromheaven
25 posts
May 03, 2009
11:45 PM
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Thought I would share the result of a repair that worked well.
I read on the forum here some one had put Lee Oskar replacement reed plates in a worn out wooden combed Hohner MS harp and finally got around to doing it myself.
Wow what a difference, really loud, great sound from the more open MS covers and no cheese grater numbers rubbing on your lips.
To do it the best way would be to drill the LO plates through the MS comb one at a time using clamps to ensure they line up well and use replacement screws to hold the plates. Mark holes with a pen first to check you are in a safe place and don't press hard when drilling as the wood will split when the drill bit exits the far side
If you Drill the comb to use the LO holes there is a chance you will loose dividing teeth from the comb, believe me!
By back drilling the plates through the comb the covers line will up well, this would be a problem if you redrilled the comb as the LO plates don't have the indent the MS plates have and the covers will sit to far back.
After hearing how good it sounds I'm amazed Lee Oskar dont do a wooden combed harp.
I did a MB MS and liked the sound so much I did an unused Big River too.
Last Edited by on May 03, 2009 11:50 PM
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chromaticblues
48 posts
May 04, 2009
7:03 AM
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I'm the one that posted it. I'm a blues musician so I also retuned my mine more like a marine band. With a little embossing I found overblows to be very easy with no sqeeling at all!
Last Edited by on May 04, 2009 9:15 AM
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wheezer
73 posts
May 04, 2009
7:19 AM
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I've used Suzuki Bluesmaster plates on an MS wood comb, it makes a really nice harp.
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chromaticblues
50 posts
May 04, 2009
7:50 AM
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It's to bad the blues harp reedplates suck! Because then we wouldn't have to do any of this!! Well and I like the big river cover plates better also, but that is an easy swap. Does anyone know why the MS reedplates are differenet from the MB, SP20 and GM?
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